The title "New Look" is borrowed from the concurrent Christian Dior fashion lines. Changes include an attached center 'bullet-nose' trimpiece and two louvers (these are at first painted body-color and later chromed) mounted over the original CC grille stamping. The "New Look" begins with #CC46175.

Powel Crosley III, the son of Powel Crosley Jr. and Gwendolyn Bakewell Crosley, dies of a sudden heart attack at his Miami home. He had been the general manager for the Crosley Marine Research Laboratory in suburban Coral Gables, Florida. He is survived by his widow and three sons, all of Miami.